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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, ion.
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HAY ACCOMPLISH
WORK ON STREAM
STILL, IS HOPE
Announcement Made in Wash
ington Would Indicate That
Labor May Start Soon.
OVER THREE MONTHS LEFT
Passage of River nd Harbor Bill
Would Mean That Mississippi
Improvements Would Progress.
With the announcement made by
Senator Kern, majority leader in the
upper house at Washington, that the
river and harbors bill would be dis
posed of before congress adjourned,
hopes of the river officials in this city
have arisen and It may be that sev
eral months of labor on the stream
will be accomplished still this year.
While the work on the river has
been held down all season and finally
all stopped through the failure of con
gress to pass th" bill, should the ap
propriation be made within the course
of the next few weeks there would
still be three months, two at least, de
pending on the arrival of winter, in
which the improvement could be car
ried on.
Contract Work Would Start.
As soon as the appropriation is
made the contract work which has
stopped as well as the rest will start
again. The dredars will also
become active and much needed work
can be accomplished in the short pe
riod of time.
As the improvement of the river de
pends entirely upon the passage of the
river and harbors bill it can readily
be seen that with the adoption of the
appropriation it will be hailed with de
I'.eht. Comnercial clubs and other munici
pal societies in cities on the upper
Mississippi have registered their
wishes that congress would attend to
the failure of congress to pass the
river and harbor bill, are the mis
pissippi river from Its mouth to Min
ills: the Columbia river at It3
mouth: the Delaware river between
Philadelphia and the sea; the Hudson
river, which is aa extension of the
Krie Itarpe Canal; Mobile Hay channel
from the Gulf of Mexico to the city of
Mobile; Black Warrior river. locks and
dams; Boston harbor, Massachusetts,
35 foot channel; Ohio river, locks and
dams.
It is stated at the war department
that millions of dollars worth of ma
chinery will shortly become idle on
the Mississippi river because of lack
of appropriations to carry on the work
of revetment, etc. But while the loss
of time will be seriously felt In com
pleting the Mississippi river project,
the greatest loss will fall upon con
tractor will hardly prepare his mater
and harbor Mil would become a law
by June 30. have gathered great quan
tities of willow brush which Is used
in making the mattresses used in re
vetment work. This brush, lying
along the river and exposed to the
sun. will soon lose Its resiliency and
become perfectly useless for mattress
construction.
Having been "stung" once the con
tractor will hardly prepare his mater
ial again in advance of contract, with
the result that work on the Missis
sippi river next year will be greatly
retarded. The working season on the
Mississippi is also necessarily limited
as the high waters do not recede gen
erally before June. and. consequently,
the period for active work is consid
erably shortened."
PILOTS OF BARGE
ENTHUSE ON TRIP
OHMISSISSIPP
State That Initial Voyage of
Bernhard Boat Was "World
Beater" in Fuel.
COKE FOR JOURNEY $73
Captains Hunter and Newcombe Ar
rive in Rock Island and Tell of
Wonders of Initial Venture.
WOODMEN OF THE
WORLD TO PICNIC
Annual Outing for Local Camp
Planned for Sunday After
noon Park in This City.
Arrangements have been completed
by the committee in charge for the
annual picnic to be given by Hock Is
land camp Sr. Woodmen of the World,
and Grove 27, Woodmen Circle. The
pit nic w ill be held Sunday, Aug. 23, in
the ritv park at Fortieth street and
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! most direc t wav of reaching tne
centered by the people in states
derirg on the river upon tie appro
priation. 136 Projects Stopped.
A dispatch Fays:
Washington.. Aug. 20. According to
the army er.i:tm-rs having riv; r and
harbor work in charge. wtrk on I-IG
project has (I'acr been su.p-nueu ;
aiready or v ill be suspended by Sep- j
trmber because of the f ,i.ur of
congress to make the needed appro- ;
priations. !
In a memorandum submitted to
Chairman Fparkman of tlic rivers and,
harbors committee of the house, the;
chief of engineers, in callin; attention '
to congress to the passing necessity !
for appropriations to carry on river i
and harbor work, said: Every effort
has been made to keep the estimates
down to the amounts actually needed j
to permit cf economical prosecution
of the works adopted by congress and. '
by reason of the regular passages in j
the past four years of rivers and har
bors acts, confidence that this policy
would b? continued has been gradually
acquired; and not only the engineer's
department, but contractors engaged
ia furnishing malt rials or rioir.g work
under the department have acquired
the tame confidence and have made
their plans accordingly. The suspen
sion of work results not only in posi
tive loss of time, and possible inter
ference with navigation, but seriously
handicaps and greatly adds to the
cost of future work by the dis.oreani
zation of working forces, a::d the effect
which it lias upon the confidence of
grounds being via the Elm street car
to Fortieth street. An invitation has
hen extended to all members and
their friends, a special invitation hav-
ing been sent to tho.-e on the mailing
1 list who have been attending the pri-
I rate dancing parties given by Camp
There wi'l b? a bascall .game be
tween the married and single men. a
tug of var between members of the
Hock Island and Moline W. O. W.
camps, sack race, throwing contest,
; popcorn tat.ng contest, clothes pin
I contest. Kmonade drinking contest,
i and foot races fcr boys 12 or under
and girls 12 or under. This will be a
I basket picnic and an all day affair.
I The committee in charge is F. C.
Downs. H. O. l-arrance. W. U Franks.
C. T. Fuller. William H. Harnes. Oscar
Carlson. 1 C. Fells and J. H. Camer
on. . Field Manager X. Crossland of
Pecria expects to attend.
contractors supplying materials."
Among the many important projects j a statement received from Mrs.
that are seriously affected through j Scott Anderson, general secretary.
EDUCATION CONGRESS
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
The fourth internat'onal congress
on home education, scheduled to con
vene 5n the c ity of Philadelphia under
the auspices of the international com
mission on home education and parent
tcaclicr -.in ions Sept. 22-23, HtH, has
been temporarily postponed to a date
to b? determined by the central com
mittee. A meeting of this committee'
will be called by Or. Martin G. Urum
bauph, president of the congress, as
soon as events w-arrant, according to
J.
Wash Day Is Joy
Day With
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SKITCH"
"SKITCH" Sends Washboards to ths Scrap Heap "SKITCH"
Saves ths Backache cf Rubbing "SKITCH"' Keeps
Your Hartfs Out of Hot Suds "SKITCH'
Is a God-send cn Wash Day.
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beard I Ym'U mvsv break
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ma tha rubbinc"
Captains Hunter and Newcombe,
who piloted the Bernhard barge, which
is making its initial trip from New Or
leans to St. Paul and return, were in
Rock Island today, and called on offi
cials at the United States engineer's
office.
The two men talked enthusiastically
of the trip and spoke well of the upper
Mississippi, that part which is in
charge of the local office. The two
pilots w-ere at the wheel of the l.nOO
ton craft from St. Louis to St. Paul
and return.
The boat arrived at St. Louts at
noon yesterday, making the trip in sis
days from St. Paul. It required 11
days on the trip from St. Louis to St
Taul and return.
A "World-Beater.
Mr. Hunter said to an Argus repor
ter: "The trip was a world-beater. It
costs only $73 for fuel on the trip up
the river, and in all the whole journey
up and back, will probably not cost a
cent more than $125 and this operat
ing a ISO-horsepower engine. Coke
was burned.
"The crew consisted of eight men
and I believe that the cost of transpor
tation was one-third that charged by
the railroads. Considering the stage of
the river as normally low, and the fact
that without any help the boat started
out from New Orleans and plodded up
the river for the first time, the trip
was wonderful.
"Wc had a comparatively heavy load
when w e started out, but our trip down
stream was made with a light cargo of
flour.
"I think tnat the river between her?
and St. Paul in excellent condition, and
we experienced less trouble than any
where else on the stream. Had it not
been for the freshet of a month or so
back, we . would have had even less
trouble than we did, for the stream is
always in bad condition after flood
stage. In two weeks from now it
would be all right for traffic.
"It is now up to the merchants In the
cities to take the chance the barge Iin3
will offer them. I do not believe that
Mr. Pernhard will send another barga
up the river this year, but n?xi season
I believe he plans to establish a line.
Building a New One.
"He is building a C,0o-ton barge,
which will make 12 miles an hour in
six feet of water. He is arranging to
send that up the river next spring. The
barge we had made from five to six
miles an hour up-stream."
Captains Hunter and Newcombe,
both reside in Pepin, Wis., and were
enroute to their home. They piloted
the vessel only from St. Louis to St.
Paul and return, for lower river pilots
had charge of the boat on the other
division of the Mississippi. The barge I
was scheduled to leave St. Louis to-1
day.
The trip as spoken cf by Captain
Hunter has surprised river officials
here, who term the journey as "re
markable." With the river at a nor
mally low stage now, during the period
of the trip, the possibilities of an es
tablished line of barges is shown.
Of course some trouble was experi
enced by the barge, but had the river
work not been hampered by the delay
in the passing of the rivers and har
bors hill by congress, much of this, if
not all, would have been eliminated
and the voyage would have been even
a greater success.
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The Eng;IisK Style Fancy Sweet.
Consists of two layers of fancy cakes, having a
delicious Chocolate and Cocoanut flavor; with a
rich creamy filling between.
You never tasted anything more
pleasing than MANDALAY a de
lightful combination that has sprung
into instant favor.
If you have tried other fancy cakes
of this class, you'll like MANDALAY
better; and they cost about half of the
price of other kinds.
"TODAY Ask Your Grocer for MANDALAY:
Crescent
Sayt Try a
fandalay Sundae.
It's great
Macaroni & Cracker
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Davenport,
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Praises b for SKTTCH! It's a per-fe-t
ondr. Throw your wan h boards
away, women! Ixn't break your back
rubbicg clothes, or dou't let your wash
woman break her poor back rubbing,
f r SKITCH clfatms clothes better than
rubbing can do It, and makes your
clo'Les last longer and Ux,k nicer.
SKITCH Is a marvel! Try it rirht
away and a what h'KITCH does.
Tfcree teaspoons Of SKITCH lo a boil
trf'Jl of clothes ana the dirt is Just
sketched rigat out of tne dirtieist gar
ments while you s!t and re-st or do up
your housework.
You never heard of anything so f. ne
as that, Jiiere Js no'lilig -ite i!Ke
SKITCH notlJiEg Ilka It ai ever j Wbj. (Adv.)
thought of before. SKITCH can't hurt
the finest fabric you could even eat
it and it wouldn't hurt you.
Cet a 10c package of SKITCH of
your grocer today and see he Joyful,
happy wonder of it. Enough for seven
washings in a 10 cent package ot
SKITCH conta Just little over a
rent to save a day's back breaking,
rubbing and a day's mirery of keeping
your lianla In hot suds, less than the
soap ued In rubbing would cost.
If your grocer doesn't have SKITCH
he can get it for you from his Jobber.
If he won't, write to me send mo his
name and I'll rend yni a big free ram-
pie. Hans 1 'KLtenbrrg, Milwaukee,
SECOND OFFICER IN
THE ORDER OF JOSEPH
J. J. Taxman returned this morning
from Chicago, where he had been at
tending the annual convention of the
Order of Joseph, .held at the Sherman
hou?e, and bringing with him added
honors conferred by that organization.
Mr. Taxman, who previously held the
ot!ice of third vico president, was ele
vated to the first vice presidency. As
a member of the executive board be
will attend the monthly meeting at
Cleveland, the headquarters. Mr. Tax
man was elected over the former first
vico president, who was a candidate
for reelection. The latter was a
rhiladelihian. his home city having
5,000 members und 30 delegates, as
against 300 members and six delegates
in Rock Island. The Rock islander s
majority was 30.
GOAL CONSUMER
SHOULD BUY NOW
Marked Increase in Prices Are
Sure to Come, Local
Dealer Predicts.
UCAL LODGE IS TO HOLD
A MOONLIGHT EXCURSION
The degree staff of L'cal lodge. No.
Cos. I. O. O. V.. will hold a moonlight
excursion Wednesday evening, Aug.
26. The steamer V. W. and barge has
been chartered. The committee in
charge is making plans to handle a
large crowd, and Judging by the ad
vance sale of tickets the outing will be
a success.
The steamer St. Paul arrived this
noon from St. Louis with a full passen
ger list and the steamer Qulncy ar
rived at 1 o'clock from St. Taul. The
steamer Morning Star la due tomorrow
morning from Ku Paul.
All the
Argui,
news all the time The
South American countries and Medi
terranean ports have been consum
ing annually about thirty million tons
of Knglish and German coal of prac
tically the same grade as West Vir
ginia smokeless and splint coals. As
the bulk of the West Virginia coal is
shipped to the western states, the de
velopment of an increasing and in
sistent demand from South America
and countries affected by the war with
the consequent bidding up of the price
will eventually result in its complete
withdrawal from the western markets.
This will result, according to a well
known local dealer, in the tying up at
eastern ports of an immense number
of coal cars which ordinarily find their
way to western mines for loading to
western consumers during the winter
months.
In anticipation of the opening on
the Panama canal, eastern coal ship
pers have long been equipping docks
for handling of the export trade; to be
developed by the opening of the canal
and are now in splendid position to
handle the totally unexpected demand
caused by the tying up of Kuropean
shipping and confiscation by the coun
tries Involved In the present war of u!l
for immense quantities of eastern coal J
are being received daily by eastern
coal operators.
The export demand has already ad
vanced the price of all eastern coals
an average of 50 cents per ton with
prospects of still greater advances in
the near future.
The consumers of the western states
will either pay the advanced prices or
supplant the large tonnage of eastern
coal used in the western states with
Illinois coal
The congestion of grain at all termi
nals caused by the movement of the
immense wheat crop will tax all rail
roads to the utmost, tying up an im
mense amount of equipment; this with
the increasing demand for export coal
and merchandise will probably bring
about the most acute car shortage ex
perienced in recent years.
The industrial depression through
out the country has caused a vast
army of householders to postpone plac
ing orders for their winter's coal or
dinarily placed during July and Au
gust to such tin extent that the pres
ent business of the average retail coal
dealer is fully 30 days short of nor
mal for this time of the year.- With
prospects of an acute car shortage and
a greatly Increased demand for coal
Illinois mines will be taxed to the ut
most to supply all the requirements of
all the states dependent on Illinois for
their fuel supply. There is no item
or household expense more closely
scrutinized by the average householder
than Ills coal bill. It behooves Mr,
Consumer to get bis coal supply in as
early as possible this fall while prices
are still low" and coal easy to obtain.
There Is sure to be a marked increase
available coal in the countries affect-1 the price of Illinois coal in the near
eu. ine current issue or the mack future.
Ulamond. the ollicial coal trade paper.
notes the placing of an order for Im
mediate shipment amounting to 100.000
tons with an eastern operator. The
coal to be consigned to the Grand
Trunk It. R. in Canada Tor export
tllher to Kngland or Russia. Inquiries
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Portable All Steel Garages: any 8
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Russ Warship Sunk.
London. Aug. 0. An unsubstantiat
ed rejort has been received here from
St. Petersburg to the effect that a Rus
sian war ship foundered in the lilack
sea after striking a mine, and that the
Odessa docks are on fire.
The oiricial information bureau has
no confirmation of.tliU report.
The German steamer Wildenfels. on
arrhlng yesterday at Melbourne from
New York via Capetown, was seized
by the authorities. The captain of the
vessel was not aware that war had
been declared until he arrived in the
harbor. i
LABORING MEN IN
TAVENNER APPEAL
Arsenal Employes Call on Dem
ocrats to Renominate the
Present Congressman.
response and effort in their behalf,
therefore be it
Resolved, That we earnestly request
every democrat to put forth every ef
fort at the primaries, Sept. 9, to in
sure Congressman Tavenner's renom
ination, knowing that if renominated,
his record during his first term as
congressman, we will assure him a
return at the hands of the people for
a second terra by a larger majority
than before.
' Resolved, That the newspapers of
the three cities and this district be. re
quested to publish these resolutions.
McLoughlin Again Champ.
New York. Aug. 20. Maurice E. Mc
Loughlin defeated R. Undley Murray
by the .scores of 6 1, 63, 6 t, on
the courts of the Crescent Athletic
club yesterday afternoon, thereby re
gaining his title to the New York
state lawn tennis championship.
The following resolutions were un
animously adopted by the Federation
of Employes of Rock Island arsenal
at a recent meeting:
Whereas, Through his zeal and
work for the best interests of his
country as well as his constituents,
Hon. Clyde H. Tavenner has by per
sistent and fearless advocating of gov
ernment manufacture of its own mu
nitions of war and Uie exposure of
the long existing government contract
system; his opposition to the installa
tion at government arsenals of the
so-called "scientific system" of shop
management, the parts of which so
far introduced having cost the govern
ment vast sums of money absolutely
wasted, and which if fully introduced,
would reduce conditions of govern
ment employes to the peons of Mex
ico; his exposure and denunciation of
the over capitalisation of railroads and
other public service corporations, thus
incurring the displeasure of powerful
Interests that will leave no stone un
turned to defeat him for reelection,
and
Whereas, We know that Mr. Tav
enner as a congressman has always
been at his post of duty, sparing no
effort to serve his constitutents faith
fully and honestly, and as a result
of his labors, the Rock Island arsenal
has been extensively equipped for the
further extension of government man
ufacture of gun carriages and material j ReOlibiiCan P2ftV . . . VVhitfi
tor artillery', wnicn or necessity must!
prove advantageous to the working-1
?n and the business interests, as ' V rOClfeSSIVC FariV I f Of SO
wen as directly nenenclul to the farm
ers for many miles around, and
Whereas. We know that Congress
man Tavenner in spite of thosv who
are opposing him or the emissaries
of those who are onnosinc him li.is
been constantly on the job. and is
still on the job striving conscientious
ly to serve the people, realising that
no one who has written or appealed
to him has failed to receive his ready
Notice of Color
For Ballots
Announcement hereby
made that the colors for the
Primary Jiallots to be used
by the respective parties at
the Primary Election, to be
held on the')th day of Sept.,
A. 1). IQI4. in the County of
Rock Isdand, will be as
fol
lows
Democratic Party Pink
ciai Justice)
Socialist Party
.Blue
.Rsd
Dated the 18th day of Au
jrust, A. 1). 101.4.
HENRY P, HUBBARD,
County Clerk.